When did we all start to believe that to be brilliant means you must be unbearable, and that kindness is “mediocrity in disguise?” Yet another brilliant piece from @Daojoan, who looks at the myth of the tortured genius and the real damage they leave in their wake.

https://www.joanwestenberg.com/stop-conflating-genius-with-asshole/

#Technology #Tech #Startups #Empathy #ElonMusk #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

Ukraine has been damaged in so many ways by the Russian attack. Veronika Romanova, Mariana Lastovyria, and Artem Moskalenko explore another for @timkmak’s Counteroffensive: The contamination of the soil by metals from mass shelling. France still has “red zones” where toxic levels remain deadly 106 years after the end of WWI, and Ukraine is likely to face the same future, whenever the conflict finishes.

https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/scars-of-war-can-ukraine-rebuild

#Ukraine #UkraineRussia #Environment #Pollution #Conservation #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

And finally, the only information you need about tariffs, courtesy of our @CultureDesk.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuOHbyuanbY

#FerrisBueller #Tariffs #HawleySmoot #Movies #Cinema #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

@Flipboard @thecontinent
The last one is just too cute!
https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdef64519-08b2-4522-a2ed-bcc66aeaa3b0_1200x1800.jpeg
Must be an amazing collection.

@jandi @thecontinent Even the caption! "Blazer Boy with Phone, circa 1990s" 😍

@Flipboard @CultureDesk

LMFAO